Any public officer or employee, who knowingly does any of the following, commits a class “D” felony:
1. Makes or gives any false entry, false return, false certificate, or false receipt, where such entries, returns, certificates, or receipts are authorized by law.
2. Falsifies any public record, or issues any document falsely purporting to be a public document.
3. Falsifies a writing, or knowingly delivers a falsified writing, with the knowledge that the writing is falsified and that the writing will become a public record of a government body.
4. For purposes of this section, “government body” and “public record” mean the same as defined in section 22.1. [C51, §2677; R60, §4304, 4309; C73, §3968, 3971; C97, §1136, 4907, 4910; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13283, 13311, 13314; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §738.21, 740.9, 740.12; C79, 81, §721.1] 2001 Acts, ch 31, §1 \n
Notes of Decisions
State of Iowa v. John Robert Hoyman, 863 N.W.2d 1 (Iowa 2015).
· cites it 5× “The State charged the individual with felonious misconduct in office, see Iowa Code § 721.1 (1), (2), (3) (2011), first-degree theft, see id.”
State v. Deets, 195 N.W.2d 118 (Iowa 1972).
· cites it 3× “The Code 1966, Section 721.1, provides, in material part: “If any person, on oath or affirmation lawfully administered, willfully and corruptly swear or affirm falsely to any material matter in any proceeding in any court of justice, or before any officer thereof, or before any…”
State v. Robbins, 257 N.W.2d 63 (Iowa 1977).
“3 (robbery); § 721.1 (perjury); § 698.1 (rape); §§ 707.”
State v. Gartin, 271 N.W.2d 902 (Iowa 1978).
“Defendant, an attorney, was tried and convicted of perjury in violation of § 721.1, The Code, 1975. The charge arose from testimony defendant gave to a grand jury which was investigating a fatal explosion and a car theft ring in Mt.”
State v. Hawkins, 620 N.W.2d 256 (Iowa 2000).
· cites it 2× “” See Iowa Code § 721.1 (1966). Thus we held in Deets that, to sustain a charge of perjury, the State must establish proof of a “false statement of fact, opinion or belief.”
State v. Wellington, 264 N.W.2d 739 (Iowa 1978).
· cites it 2× “Defendant Doris Mae Wellington was indicted by the grand jury of Henry County for the crime of perjury (two counts), in violation of § 721.1, The Code-, 1975. She was tried, convicted, sentenced and appeals.”
State v. Pilcher, 242 N.W.2d 367 (Iowa 1976).
“After indictment by the Grand Jury, defendant was convicted of the crime of perjury committed in violation of § 721.1, The Code. He appeals, and we affirm the judgment.”
State v. Orozco, 202 N.W.2d 344 (Iowa 1972).
“See Code § 721.1. Discussion will only serve to unnecessarily extend this opinion and serve no useful purpose.”
State of Iowa v. Michael E. Pieper (Iowa Ct. App. 2017).
· cites it 2× “See also Iowa Code § 721.1 (2) & (3) (2011) (stating that a public officer or employee commits felonious misconduct in office, a class “D” felony, if that person knowingly “[f]alsifies any public record, or issues any document falsely purporting to be a public document” or…”
— Iowa Code § 721.1(2) — 1 case
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